Duck Dynasty is one of the most scripted/fake "reality" shows ever made. I cant believe how popular it is, and that so many people actually believe its real.

Nobody believes it's real do they?

A few years ago there was a show called Three Sheets. This guy traveled around the world drinking, learning the cultures and then their hangover cures. I think you can still find it on Hulu.

On a similar note-

Dave Attel used to have a show on Comedy Central about 10 years ago called 'Insomniac' that was pretty effin' funny. He used to drink his face off nearly every episode. That was probably my favorite non-scripted show ever.

THAT always seemed unscripted.

Never watched Duck Dynasty. Don't know anything about it. Don't even know what channel it's on.

I'd like to keep it that way.

I might be the only person on the planet that hates "reality" shows.

Even Sons of Guns turned into a pile of shit quickly.


I will stick to Discovery Science, APL, and History channels for my reality shows.

Right there with you buddy. Hate them. Some are more tolerable than others. The best reality TV is the news.

If we're loosening the parameters to scripted 'unscripted' shows, I gotta put a word in for BBC's Top Gear. Pure gearhead porn with a healthy sense of humor. Taking the most beautiful cars on earth to the ends of the earth in it's diverse beauty, always returning to the Top Gear track and 'Tame Raycing Drivuh' The Stig for comfort and familiarity, awesome cinematography, well-defined personalities. It really is the gold standard.

Did you see the Reliant Robin episode? Holy shit, I laughed so hard at that. I agree. It's a really good show.

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Yeah, put Clarkson in a shitty automobile and comedy is bound to ensue.

My favorite running gag on the show is them running into the other guys' car when parking during their 'cheap car challenges.'

Well, here goes my "cool guy cred", which I had amassed over years of quality posts:

I really like Rick Steves' Europe. Yup, the fanny-packed man himself, with his hand-drawn maps and money belts, hosts one of my favorite shows on television.

Other than that, Top Gear, The Life/Planet Earth series, and that's about it.

Reality TV is mind-numbingly awful. Duck Dynasty is the closest I've come to enjoying a show, and that's because the producers hit a gold mine with those guys' personalities. I still won't watch it unless absolutely nothing else is on, there are no chores to be done, and it's snowing outside.

You're so far from being the only one. Even the History Channel has gone to complete shit. When it was "all Hitler all the time", it seemed to be a waste of a brilliant concept for a cable channel, but at least it was history. Now it's Alien Armageddon all the time. There's no wonder AMC is absolutely killing the ratings.

One of my faves.

Reality shows are garbage.